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14-08-2008 01:35 AM

Frey

Alright I'll try a few things out and report back... Thanks alot Horseman! Cheers Data!

13-08-2008 02:41 PM

The Fifth Horseman

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Horseman, how do i check what sound card i have?

Begin with Everest, it's very useful for identifying most soundcards out there.

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And my windows can play MP3s.... If that's any kind of clue...

Yep, cause the real Adlib cards didn't play digitized sound. :amused:
It's 99% sure you've got a Sound Blaster (or a compatible knockoff... doesn't make much difference)

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Also, "General Midi" .... Whaadat?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_MIDI

13-08-2008 02:16 PM

Frey

Horseman, how do i check what sound card i have? I'm pretty sure it said Adlib when i was installing a game. And my windows can play MP3s.... If that's any kind of clue...

Also, "General Midi" .... Whaadat?

13-08-2008 01:59 PM

Frey

Thanks alot Data! Flickering problem solved!!!

13-08-2008 12:17 PM

Data

For the flickering: search (in game (documentation)) for a svga compatibility switch.

13-08-2008 09:14 AM

The Fifth Horseman

Take into consideration that Frey doesn't seem to know what actual soundcard he's got installed, just that it's Adlib-compatible.
Doesn't mean it's actually an Adlib card, since most Sound Blasters were Adlib-compatible.
Also, from his post... he never seems to have heard of the IRQ, DMA and Port values.

13-08-2008 09:03 AM

_r.u.s.s.

well yes, soundcard configuration. but i got it actually working on pretty much every 98 machine with soundcard i got into hands

13-08-2008 08:59 AM

The Fifth Horseman

Depends on system and soundcard configuration.

13-08-2008 08:34 AM

_r.u.s.s.

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i don't know, i always got sound in my games working on my old win98..

13-08-2008 06:21 AM

The Fifth Horseman

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I've just set up an old windows 95 computer to run all my old games. But i'm having a few problems...
- Biomenace and commander keen games run but when i'm walking along the Ground floor in the game the bottom half of the page gets this flahing white grid thing on it.

I recently downloaded these games and imagine they're probably configured to run on new systems with dosbox. SO that might be why this is happening....

You're experiencing the typical problem of running DOS games under Windows. That was never the best solution, even in the days of W95.

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Also, This machine is so old it doesn't have soundblaster and will only play the music with "ADLIB" in Duke3D, Anyone know how i can get duke talking and the sound of guns blasting with out opening up the insides of this old piece of junk????

I sincerely doubt you haven't got a soundblaster-compatible soundcard there. And I really doubt you've got an Adlib there either.
If you're running a DOS game under Windows, the digitized sound often won't work, but General Midi will - as "Adlib".

Do you know what exact soundcard you have installed in your PC?

Can your Windows play Wave (*.WAV) files?

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